Study Guide

Objective

The aim of the course is to activate and develop the students’ field-relevant English language and communication skills. The students will gain professional skills in various spoken and written communicative situations encountered in working life and society. In addition, they will learn to utilize tools and techniques to further develop their skills in authentic, field-specific contexts. More specifically, students will focus on developing their language and communication skills in.
Upon completing the course, the students should have acquired skills to communicate at level B2 according to European Framework of Reference for Languages, which states that at B2-level students should be able to produce clear, coherent and well-structured texts, present detailed descriptions related to one’s field of interest, express and exchange opinions using fluent language, follow complex arguments, and read longer articles and reports.

Content

- writing professional, field-specific texts
- presenting and discussing field-specific topics in a professional manner
- reading field-specific texts and utilizing the information in professional contexts
- learning and using key terminology of their field
- becoming professional, autonomous language users in working life

Materials

The course material is available in Its. Laptops or tablets are necessary to access the material during the course. Microphone and camera must function during the online meetings.

Teaching methods

The course is based on the flipped classroom method; the students study the theoretical part independently with help of the provided material and the meetings are used for guidance and testing.

Exam schedules

No exams or re-exams will be organized.

Student workload

The students are tested on their skills with spoken and written assignments on the course topics: email writing, report writing, discussion skills, presentation skills.

Content scheduling

The course will run from 10 January to 10 April.

The course consists of online/contact meetings (24h) and online work in Its (56h).

The aim of the course is to activate and develop the students’ field-relevant English language and communication skills. The students gain professional skills in various spoken and written communicative situations encountered in working life and society.

Learning objectives:

Spoken communication

The student
- discusses field-related topics using related terminology
- uses the functional language of group discussions
- participates actively in discussions by commenting, asking and reacting
- expresses themselves in a spontaneous way
- presents a field-related topic in a structured way
- uses the functional language of presentations (signposting)
- expresses themselves in a clear and logical way
- expresses themselves in their own words

Written communication

The student
- follows the structure and language of professional email
- follows the structure and language of report writing
- considers the appropriate style for the situation
- expresses themselves in a clear and logical way
- writes in their own words using sources correctly

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The evaluation is assignment-based and no exams will be organized.

The final evaluation is based on the gathered points from different sections on the scale of 1-5 as follows:

- participation and completion of tasks during the online and contact meetings 3 p x 4 meetings = max 12 p (min. attendance 2 meetings)
- completion of assignments 1-5 p x 4 assignments x 1.5 = max 30 p
- voluntary extra assignment 1-5 p

Grade Points

5 36-42 p
4 30-35p
3 24-29 p
2 18-23p
1 14-17 p

- For full final evaluation complete ALL work within the given deadlines.

- Speaking assignments are completed in contact meetings only.

- Late assignments will be evaluated in connection with the final evaluation and receive no feedback.

- Assignments are not accepted after 10 April.

- Note that assignments cannot be done again or replaced by other assignments, or an exam.